Job 15

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	Biblija Hrvatski
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:	1 Elifaz Temanac progovori tad i reče:
2 "Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?	2 »Zar šupljom naukom odgovara mudrac i vjetrom istočnim trbuh napuhuje?
3 Should he argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which he can do no good?	3 Zar on sebe brani riječima ispraznim, besjedama koje ničem ne koriste?
4 But you are doing away with the fear of God, and hindering meditation before God.	4 Još više ti činiš: ništiš strah od Boga, pred njegovim licem pribranost ukidaš.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.	5 Tvoje riječi krivicu tvoju odaju, poslužio si se jezikom lukavih,
6 Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; your own lips testify against you.	6 vlastita te usta osuđuju, ne ja, protiv tebe same ti usne svjedoče.
7 "Are you the first man that was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills?	7 Zar si prvi čovjek koji se rodio? Zar si na svijet prije bregova došao?
8 Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?	8 Zar si tajne Božje ti prisluškivao i mudrost čitavu za se prisvojio?
9 What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us?	9 Što ti znadeš a da i mi ne znamo, što ti razumiješ, a da to ne shvaćamo?
10 Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, older than your father.	10 Ima među nama i sijedih i starih kojima je više ljeta no tvom ocu.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for you, or the word that deals gently with you?	11 Zar su ti utjehe Božje premalene i blage riječi upućene tebi?
12 Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash,	12 Što te srce tvoje tako slijepo goni i što tako divlje prevrćeš očima
13 that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?	13 kad proti Bogu jarost svoju okrećeš, a iz usta takve riječi ti izlaze!
14 What is man, that he can be clean? Or he that is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?	14 Što je čovjek da bi čist mogao biti? Zar je itko rođen od žene pravedan?
15 Behold, God puts no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his sight;	15 Gle, ni u svece se On ne pouzdava, oku njegovu ni nebesa čista nisu,
16 how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!	16 a kamoli to biće gadno i buntovno, čovjek što k’o vodu pije opačinu!
17 "I will show you, hear me; and what I have seen I will declare	17 Mene sad poslušaj, poučit’ te hoću, što god sâm vidjeh, ispričat’ ti želim,
18 (what wise men have told, and their fathers have not hidden,	18 i ono što naučavahu mudraci ne tajeć’ što su primili od pređa
19 to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them).	19 kojima je zemlja ova bila dana kamo tuđin nije nikada stupio.
20 The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.	20 Zlikovac se muči cijelog svoga vijeka, nasilniku već su ljeta odbrojena.
21 Terrifying sounds are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.	21 Krik strave svagda mu u ušima ječi, dok miruje, na njeg baca se razbojnik.
22 He does not believe that he will return out of darkness, and he is destined for the sword.	22 Ne nada se da će izbjeći tminama i znade dobro da je maču namijenjen,
23 He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;	23 strvinaru da je kao plijen obećan. On znade da mu se dan propasti bliži.
24 distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him, like a king prepared for battle.	24 Nemir i tjeskoba na njeg navaljuju, k’o kralj spreman na boj na nj se obaraju.
25 Because he has stretched forth his hand against God, and bids defiance to the Almighty,	25 On je protiv Boga podizao ruku, usuđivao se prkosit’ Svesilnom.
26 running stubbornly against him with a thick-bossed shield;	26 Ohola je čela na njega srljao, iza štita debela dobro zaklonjen.
27 because he has covered his face with his fat, and gathered fat upon his loins,	27 Lice mu bijaše obloženo salom a bokovi pretilinom otežali.
28 and has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no man should inhabit, which were destined to become heaps of ruins;	28 Razrušene je zaposjeo gradove i kućišta nastanio napuštena. Srušit će se ono što za sebe sazda;
29 he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will he strike root in the earth;	29 cvasti mu neće, već rasuti se blago, sjena mu se neće po zemlji širiti.
30 he will not escape from darkness; the flame will dry up his shoots, and his blossom will be swept away by the wind.	30 On se tami više izmaknuti neće, opržit će oganj njegove mladice, u dahu plamenih usta nestat će ga.
31 Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness will be his recompense.	31 U taštinu svoju neka se ne uzda, jer će mu ispraznost biti svom nagradom.
32 It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not be green.	32 Prije vremena će svenut’ mu mladice, grane mu se nikad neće zazelenjet’.
33 He will shake off his unripe grape, like the vine, and cast off his blossom, like the olive tree.	33 Kao loza, grozd će stresat’ svoj nezreo, poput masline pobacit će cvatove.
34 For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.	34 Da, bezbožničko je jalovo koljeno, i vatra proždire šator podmitljivca.
35 They conceive mischief and bring forth evil and their heart prepares deceit."	35 Koji zlom zanesu, rađaju nesreću i prijevaru nose u utrobi svojoj.«